"Better to know the quick pain of truth……" — Trudi Canavan
"Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope."
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23 Quotes by Trudi Canavan
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It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.
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Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only…
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Happy endings are a luxury of fiction
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It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because…
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Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I…
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Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never…
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There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend
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So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked. She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?' 'Outside the farmhouse…
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What was I thinking? Of all the assistants I could have wound up with, why did I have to choose…
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How am I going to make friends with these people if all I can think of is how easy it…
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Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking…
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He had given her too much. He had given her everything.
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